Religious origins of nations? [electronic resource] : the Christian communities of the Middle East / edited by Bas ter Haar Romeny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haar Romeny, R. B. ter.

Series:

Brill ebook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Christians.

Christian communities--Middle East--Congresses.

Christian communities.

Religious minorities--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Religious minorities.

Identification (Religion)--Congresses.

Identification (Religion).

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Church history.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.

Middle East--Church history--Congresses.

Middle East.

Middle East--History--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though nations are nowadays seen as the product of modernity, comparable processes of community building were taking place even earlier. Thus the history of the Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian Christians shows that close-knit ethnic groups already existed in Late Antiquity and early medieval times. These communities have endured to the present day. However, there is much debate as to how they came into existence and defined themselves. The role of religion is central to this debate. A major interdisciplinary research project conducted at Leiden University investigated the identity formation of the Syriac Orthodox. It is argued that they started as a religious association. This volume presents the results of the Leiden team together with reactions from a number of other specialists. The cases of the East Syrians, Armenians, Copts, Ethiopians, and Byzantine Orthodox are discussed in five additional contributions. Contributors include: Naures Atto, Annemarie Weyl Carr, Muriel Debié, Jan van Ginkel, Wim Hofstee, Mat Immerzeel, Steven Kaplan, Theo van Lint, Glenn Peers, Richard Price, Gerrit Reinink, Bas ter Haar Romeny, Uriel Simonsohn, Bas Snelders, David Taylor, Herman Teule, Jacques van der Vliet, and Dorothea Weltecke.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / B. Ter Haar Romeny

The Formation Of A Communal Identity Among West Syrian Christians: Results And Conclusions Of The Leiden Project / Bas ter Haar Romeny , Naures Atto , Jan J. Van Ginkel , Mat Immerzeel and Bas Snelders

Family Matters: Community, Ethnicity, And Multiculturalism / Willem Hofstee

The Psalm Commentary Of Daniel Of Salah And The Formation Of Sixth-Century Syrian Orthodox Identity / David G.K. Taylor

Syriac Historiography And Identity Formation / Muriel Debié

Michael The Syrian And Syriac Orthodox Identity / Dorothea Weltecke

Iconography And Identity: Syrian Elements In The Art Of Crusader Cyprus / Annemarie Weyl Carr

Art And Identity In An Amulet Roll From Fourteenth-Century Trebizond / Glenn Peers

Reflections On Identity. The Suryoye Of The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries: Bar Salibi, Bar Shakko, And Barhebraeus / Herman Teule

Seeking Justice Among The ‘Outsiders’: Christian Recourse To Non-Ecclesiastical Judicial Systems Under Early Islam / Uriel Simonsohn

Tradition And The Formation Of The ‘Nestorian’ Identity In Sixth- To Seventh-Century Iraq / Gerrit J. Reinink

The Formation Of Armenian Identity In The First Millenium / Theo Maarten Van Lint

The Copts: ‘Modern Sons Of The Pharaohs’? / Jacques Van Der Vliet

Dominance And Diversity: Kingship, Ethnicity, And Christianity In Orthodox Ethiopia / Steven Kaplan

The Development Of A Chalcedonian Identity In Byzantium (451–553) / Richard Price

Epilogue: Religious Origins Of Nations? / Bas ter Haar Romeny

General Index / B. Ter Haar Romeny

Index Of Modern Authors / B. Ter Haar Romeny.

Notes:

Proceedings of a symposium held at the castle Oud Poelgeest near Leiden, Netherlands, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-94952-7

9786612949524

90-474-4436-1

OCLC:

700933786

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004173750.i-366 DOI